2017 Men's Water Polo Roster
Jonathan Van De Velde
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Seal Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Mater Dei HS
2017
Played in four games at goalkeeper, recording 16 saves ... made Director's Honor Roll all three quarters (fall, winter and spring) ... tallied a season- and career-high seven saves in a 16-5 win over No. 19 Pomona-Pitzer (Sept. 2) โฆ played 45 minutes and 32 seconds, allowing seven goals on the year for a team best goals against average of 4.92ย ... averaged 11.3 saves per game ... also talliedย oneย steal.
2016
Played in two games at goalkeeper, recording nineย saves ... tallied a season- and career-high five saves in a 20-2ย win over Chapman (Sept. 4) โฆ played 32ย minutes, allowing three goals on the year for a team best goals against average of 3.00ย ... averaged 9.0 saves per game ... also talliedย oneย assist.
2015
Redshirted the season.
High School
Four-year varsity water polo letterwinner at goalkeeper at Mater Dei ... earned All-Trinity League honors and second team All-CIF honors ... recorded 248 saves his senior year ... 2011 and 2012 CIF Champion.
Personal
Full name: Jonathan Jacob Van De Veldeย โฆ born August 06, 1997 in Bellflower, Calif. โฆ his parents are Jay and Cindyย Van De Veldeย โฆ has a younger brother, Matthew, and a younger sister, Christine โฆ competed with the Regency Water Polo Club ... 2014 U18 Junior Olympic All-American ย ... won JO's in 2014 ... member of the U.S. Cadet National Team (2012) and the U.S. Youth National Team (2013-14) ... says he chose to attend UCLA because "UCLA is a great school with an outstanding water polo team"ย ... says his greatest athletic thrill so far in his career is "winning the 2014 Junior Olympics" ...ย majoring in political science.
| Jonathan Van De Velde's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | QP | SV | GA | GAA | MP | ||
| 2016 | 2/0 | 4.0 | 9 | 3 | 3.00 | 32:00 | ||
| 2017 | 4/0 | 5.69 | 16 | 7 | 4.92 | 45:32 | ||
| Totals | 6/0 | 9.69 | 25 | 10 | 4.13 | 77:32 | ||
